AA – What is it really about? How does a person get involved? How can it help? For one person’s experiences and answers, please read the following guest post by A.J. Adams. ___________________ Hi everyone! I am A.J. Adams*, the author of Undrunk: A Skeptic’s Guide to AA. Before I got to AA, I had… Continue Reading
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The Ninth Step – Crossing Over
The ninth step of AA – Tim Cheney, co-founder of Chooper’s Guide, shares his thoughts. Tim’s thoughts on the first 8 steps of AA are linked below this post. The following is a guest post by Tim Cheney who has been in long-term recovery for over 30 years. He is the co-founder and managing partner… Continue Reading
The Eighth Step – Building the Bridge to Home
The eighth step of AA – Tim Cheney, co-founder of Chooper’s Guide, shares his thoughts. Tim’s thoughts on the first 7 steps of AA are linked below this post. The following is a guest post by Tim Cheney who has been in long-term recovery for over 30 years. He is the co-founder and managing partner… Continue Reading
The Sixth Step – Soul on Ice
The following is a guest post by Tim Cheney who has been in long-term recovery for over 30 years. He is the co-founder and managing partner of Chooper’s Guide, a web-based treatment and information resource for addiction, and owns and operates an apple orchard in Maine. He is active in the recovery movement in Florida… Continue Reading
The Third Step – Abandon Ship – “Captain of My Ship, Master of My Soul”
The 3rd step of AA – Tim Cheney, co-founder of Chooper’s Guide, shares his thoughts. Tim’s thoughts on the first 2 steps of AA are linked below this post. The following is a guest post by Tim Cheney who has been in long-term recovery for over 30 years. He is the co-founder and managing partner… Continue Reading
The Second Step – The Fork in My Road and My Final Wager
The following is a guest post by Tim Cheney, who has been in long-term recovery for over 30 years, and shares his thoughts on the second step of AA. Tim is the co-founder and managing partner of Chooper’s Guide, a web-based treatment and information resource for addiction, and owns and operates an apple orchard in… Continue Reading
Alcohol and Drug Addiction in the Middle East
by Lisa Frederiksen I share the following excerpt from an article by Simona Sikimic, titled, “Alcoholic Anonymous Takes Root in Lebanon, Attracts Clients From Across the Region,” appearing August 6, 2010, online, at The Daily Star, Lebanon, to remind us all that addiction is worldwide. It knows no boundaries. There is no “typical” alcoholic or… Continue Reading
Links This Week
Gender-Related Influences of Parental Alcoholism on the Prevalence of Psychiatric Illnesses: Anlysis of the National Epidemiolgic Survey on Alcohol and Related Issues Abstract: Background: Offspring of individuals with alcoholism are at increased risk for psychiatric illness, but the effects of gender on this risk are not well known. In this study, we tested the hypothesis… Continue Reading